The entertainment didn’t end with the keynote addresses wrapped up each day at SXSWi. As people filed out of the keynote area, they still had to get their “rap-up.” Yes, a rap-up. Austin rapper SaulPaul was brought to SXSWi to develop a rap that highlighted the keypoints of each day’s keynote. SaulPaul made up the […]
By Maira Garcia Daniel Ek, CEO of the European live streaming music site Spotify, gave the final keynote for SXSW Interactive 2010. He was interviewed by Eliot Van Buskirk of Wired.com. Currently, Spotify is only available in Europe but they are examining ways to have the site in the United States. The biggest issue for having the […]
Do you watch your favorite shows on Hulu? It’s a growing problem for show producers and networks alike. Advertising on Hulu has created some problems – mainly there isn’t enough of it – and networks own the site. So that’s exactly why Viacom pulled The Daily Show and Colbert Report off of Hulu. Why give […]
Mark Briggs from Serra Media calls his book “Journalism Next” a guidebook for digital reporting and publishing. Briggs was at SXSWi Tuesday morning to get journalists headed on the right track. “This isn’t the end of journalism,” Briggs said. “Instead, it’s an explosion of journalism – just in different forms.” Briggs made several key points […]
ISP licensing is a controversial topic. It essentially would apply the same fees that ASCAP charges bars and restaurants for music to people downloading music on the internet. In a book reading at SXSWi on Tuesday, Steven Masur talked about the options involving ISP licensing. One option is putting $1 fee on cell phone bill […]
It’s the constant battle of new media: Where do you draw the line between privacy and publicity? That was the subject of Saturday’s keynote address, delivered by Danah Boyd, social media researcher for Microsoft New England. She believes online privacy is not dead. However, she said privacy is understanding how technology flows. Boyd focused much […]
Remember when actor Jeff Goldblum died? It had to be true because I saw it on the internet. Problem was – it was a hoax. Stories like this can spread like wildfire with the help of social media such as Twitter. Goldblum himself had to go on Comedy Central and read his own obituary to […]